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Franz Waxman (né Wachsmann; December 24, 1906 – February 24, 1967) was a German-born composer and conductor of Jewish descent, known primarily for his work in the film music genre. His film scores include Bride of Frankenstein , Rebecca , Sunset Boulevard , A Place in the Sun , Stalag 17 , Rear Window , Peyton Place , The Nun's Story , and Taras Bulba .
BIOGRAPHY. Franz Waxman led a variety of musical lives as composer, conductor and impresario. He was born in Konigshutte, Upper Silesia, Germany, on December 24, 1906, and was the youngest of six children. No one in the family was musical except Franz, who started piano lessons at the age of seven. His father was an industrialist, and not ...
Franz Waxman. Music Department: Sunset Boulevard. Franz Waxman (Wachsmann) pursued his dream of a career in music despite his family's misgivings. He worked for several years as a bank teller and paid for piano, harmony and composition lessons with his salary. He later moved to Berlin, where he continued his study and progress as a musician. He was able to support himself by playing and ...
- December 24, 1906
- February 24, 1967
Remembering Film Music Legend Franz Waxman. Earlier this year, the International Film Music Critics Association bestowed its Best Film Music Compilation Album award on Captains Courageous: The Franz Waxman Collection. Released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Waxman’s passing, the set was a long overdue monument to the composer of ...
Composer, conductor, and impresario, Franz Waxman was best known for his prolific. career as a composer for the motion picture industry spanning 150 scores through the 1930-60’s. (At home in 1949 with his piano and collection of the complete works by Bach.) Over the course of his career, Waxman scored over 150 films including five for.
Sep 22, 2013 · Franz Waxman. September 22, 2013. Those living in the UK may have listened to the BBC’s week-long broadcast on Radio 3 of film composers. I have to admit that I only caught a couple of the programmes. To me, the intrinsic problems of music without image largely remain. Prokofiev’s means of turning film scores into concert works provided the ...
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This is the first comprehensive, source-based study about composer Franz Waxman. It focuses on the intermedial transfer of Waxman’s film music and its adaptation for other media (radio broadcasts, soundtrack recordings, sheet music, theme songs, concert suites), but also on his work as a festival organizer and conductor.
